Tag: fat
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Red Meat Consumption in Higher Healthy Eating Index (HEI) Diets Improves Brain Health
New research published on September 29, 2025 in the journal Nature and titled Red meat consumption in higher healthy eating index diets is associated with brain health critical nutritional adequacy, and fecal microbial diversity, showed that red meat consumption in a high HEI (Healthy Eating Index) diet improves the adequacy of micronutrients that support brain…
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Foods and Drinks to Avoid if we have Diabetes
Diabetes affects your body’s ability to process sugar (glucose) in the blood. Eating a balanced diet can help people manage diabetes and reduce their risk of complications. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are the body’s most important source of energy. The quality and quantity of carbohydrates we eat have the biggest impact on our blood sugar. There are…
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Truth or False about Foods and Nutrition
1. We can only eat vegetables or only fruits (or vice versa) because they are the same foods. False Vegetables have nutrients that fruits do not have, such as high fiber content and several vitamins and minerals. They help in the proper functioning of the digestive system and help in better weight management. Fruits also…
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Ice cream – Tips and Tricks
Ice cream is a dessert that is usually made from milk cream, milk and sugar with many additional ingredients to give different flavors and textures. Additional ingredients can be butter, egg, flavorings, sweeteners, colorings, chocolate, vanilla, nuts, fruits, cookies, truffles, syrup, etc. Ice cream is a source of protein, fat, carbohydrates, contains fat-soluble vitamins (A,…
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Nutrition for Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is a viral infection that affects the liver, causing inflammation and damage, and over time, chronic liver disease can develop. The liver’s main functions are to filter the blood, process and store nutrients, help synthesize bile, and convert harmful substances into harmless ones. It is an essential organ in the body and plays…
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5 Myths about Diet Programs
1. Delete Carbohydrates from diet if you want to lose weight If we exclude carbohydrates from our diet we will have a slightly greater weight loss than usual, but this weight loss will be due to excessive water loss from the body and not to fat loss (1 gram of carbohydrate holds 3 to 4…
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Nutrition for Senior Athletes
In recent years there has been increased media interest in the nutrition of senior athletes. This is because it was initially observed and then proved that for a fairly large percentage of changes that take place in people’s health, during the fourth decade of their lives and after, the way of life is responsible, an…
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Winter Nutrition
In winter, as in any season, when the weather is cold, the body needs a little more calories to be able to maintain its homeostasis, to function properly and not….get cold. Depending on the cold and the activity in it, the daily caloric intake can increase by about 20 to 30%. We need to increase…
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